Table 2.

Variation in trust in physicians by participant characteristics

	Trust in Physicians
Characteristics	High (n=1702)	Low (n=1141)	P-value
	n (%)
Race			<.0001
Black (n=1484)	834 (56%)	650 (44%)
White (n=1359)	868 (64%)	491 (36%)
Sex			.5
Male (n=883)	537 (61%)	346 (39%)
Female (n=1960)	1165 (59%)	795 (41%)
Region			.8
Stroke belt/buckle (n=1695)	1011 (60%)	684 (40%)
Non-stroke belt/buckle (n=1148)	691 (60%)	457 (40%)
Education			<.0001
≤8th grade (n=362)	169 (47%)	193 (53%)
>8th grade (n=2481)	1533 (62%)	948 (38%)
Adherence*			.005
Perfect (n=1999)	1230 (62%)	769 (38%)
Imperfect (n=844)	472 (56%)	372 (44%)
Social network† mean (SD)	3.3 (.76)	3.2 (.87)	<.0001

^*Adherence – Perfect (absence of non-adherence by 4-item Morisky scale); Imperfect (non-adherence for any reason).

^†Continuous score on social network scale scored from 0 (weakest) to 4 (strongest) social network.